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Clash cards about the industrial revolution

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The Industrial Revolution took place in _____________ and ________________.   America and Europe  
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Where did manufacturing take place before the IR?   In peoples homes  
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List four industries strongly influenced by the IR.   Textile, Iron Production, Banking, Transportation, and Communication  
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What sort of new engine provided power for the IR?   Steam Engine  
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Who were the Luddites?   People opposed to technology change  
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Why did England become the birthplace of the IR?   They had Iron and Coal as well as a stable society of colonies.  
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What role did England’s colonies play in that country’s IR.   They had provided raw materials, and market to sell all of Britain's Manufactured goods.  
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What are textiles?   The manufacturing of of cloth and peoples clothing.  
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What freedom did workers give up in moving from a cottage industry in textiles, to factory produced textiles?   Setting there own hours  
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Who invented a cheap method for making steel?   Henry Bessemer  
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Two major improvements in transportation during the Industrial Revolution include what?   Locomotive train and the steamboat  
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Which class benefited from the Industrial Revolution the most?   The middle and upper class  
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What was the century during which the IR began?   18th  
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What was the skill level of the average worker before and after the IR?   Professionals had to work but later anyone could.  
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Where was most work done before and after the IR?   At first in homes then in factories  
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What material was used for fuel before and after the IR?   Before  
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Who or what set the pace of work before and after the IR?    
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What level of productivity was achieved before and after the IR?    
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What is industrialization?   When a agriculture type based economy is changed to a factory based economy  
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What is mechanization?   Moving from hand work to machine work  
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What is productivity?   How much of an item can be produced in a certain amount of time  
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Who invented an improved steam engine that powered the IR?   Thomas Savery  
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